The New Blues
Collage & Poetry by Kathy Cotton
On the Loom
The warp of me
is Quaker gray,
a quiet woolen thread:
modest, utilitarian,
looped simply
on my frame.
But, oh, the weft,
the vibrant weft of me,
weaves in and out
those sturdy strands
with shocking shades
of peacock and cockatoo
and shimmery
hummingbird.
Co-mingled:
the whisper
and shout of my life.
©Kathy Cotton
